Case Study: DigitalOcean achieves rapid German expansion — 5,500 customers in three weeks — and Germany-compliant high-performance cloud with Digital Realty

The Ideal Home To Deliver High-performance Cloud Solutions

DigitalOcean, a developer-focused cloud infrastructure provider, needed a local, carrier-dense presence to enter Germany — a market with strict national data-protection rules and high expectations for low-latency, reliable cloud performance. To meet regulatory requirements and ensure the best user experience, the company sought a Frankfurt location with rich connectivity.

DigitalOcean colocated new, high-performance infrastructure in a private cage at Interxion’s Frankfurt campus, leveraging access to hundreds of carriers and the DE-CIX exchange plus flexible ramp-up and remote-hands support. The deployment delivered locally compliant hosting, outstanding performance and rapid adoption — 5,500 active customers in the first three weeks — and became DigitalOcean’s most successful international launch to date.

DigitalOcean

Karl Alomar

Chief Operating Officer